Highly Convenient, One-Pot Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes Using the NH₂OH·HCl/NaI/MeCN System

Abstract

Direct transformation of both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes to the corresponding nitriles, can be easily performed by the reaction of an aldehyde with a slight excess of hydroxylamine hydrochloride, in refluxing acetonitrile and in the presence of 0.5 equivalents of sodium iodide as catalyst.

aldehydes - hydroxylamine hydrochloride - sodium iodide - catalysis - nitriles

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